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Pensible :: Pensible (a.) Held aloft.

Upsway :: Upsway (v. t.) To sway or swing aloft; as, to upsway a club..

High-raised :: High-raised (a.) Elevated; raised aloft; upreared.

Top :: Top (v. i.) To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower; as, lofty ridges and topping mountains..

Onloft :: Onloft (adv.) Aloft; above ground.

Aloft :: Aloft (prep.) Above; on top of.

Upbear :: Upbear (v. t.) To bear up; to raise aloft; to support in an elevated situation; to sustain.

Up :: Up (adv.) Aloft; on high; in a direction contrary to that of gravity; toward or in a higher place or position; above; -- the opposite of down.

A- :: A- () A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources. (1) It frequently signifies on or in (from an, a forms of AS. on), denoting a state, as in afoot, on foot, abed, amiss, asleep, aground, aloft, away (AS. onweg), and analogically, ablaze, atremble, etc. (2) AS. of off, from, as in adown (AS. ofd/ne off the dun or hill). (3) AS. a- (Goth. us-, ur-, Ger. er-), usually giving an intensive force, and sometimes the sense of away, on, back, as in arise, abide, ago. (4) Old English

Ballooning Spider :: Ballooning spider () A spider which has the habit of rising into the air. Many kinds ( esp. species of Lycosa) do this while young by ejecting threads of silk until the force of the wind upon them carries the spider aloft.

Aloft :: Aloft (adv.) On high; in the air; high above the ground.

Overhead :: Overhead (adv.) Aloft; above; in or attached to the ceiling or roof; in the story or upon the floor above; in the zenith.

Parbuckle :: Parbuckle (n.) A kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask. The middle of a long rope is made fast aloft, and both parts are looped around the object, which rests in the loops, and rolls in them as the ends are hauled up or payed out..

Soar :: Soar (v. i.) To fly aloft, as a bird; to mount upward on wings, or as on wings..

Aerial :: Aerial (a.) Rising aloft in air; high; lofty; as, aerial spires..

Keep :: Keep (v. i.) To remain in any position or state; to continue; to abide; to stay; as, to keep at a distance; to keep aloft; to keep near; to keep in the house; to keep before or behind; to keep in favor; to keep out of company, or out reach..

Uplift :: Uplift (v. t.) To lift or raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift the arm; to uplift a rock..

High-palmed :: High-palmed (a.) Having high antlers; bearing full-grown antlers aloft.

Heft :: Heft (v. t.) To heave up; to raise aloft.

Lay :: Lay (v. i.) To take a position; to come or go; as, to lay forward; to lay aloft..

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